"Downtown" Ricky Brown

I grew up the son of a football coach in West Texas and played the Big Three sports early on but later switched to golf. I attended the University of Southern California and played briefly on the California Golden State Tour and the Texas Tour. I was also a golf instructor in Prague, Czech Republic and in Zurich, Switzerland. Favorite job was with Clear Channel Radio's Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 show. While there I was fortunate enough to have weekly chats with sportscaster, Vic "The Brick" Jacobs. Still living in Los Angeles as a humble and fastidious student of Beer League Hockey, a supporter of the Ontario Reign, and of course, a rabid fan of the newly minted Golden Knights.

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November 5th, 2017If you visit the team page at NHL.com you'll find the Vegas Golden Knights sitting at the bottom of the list. In this instance, it's merely alphabetical, yet that is exactly where many experts predicted this team would end up in the standings by season's end — dead last.
After dropping an avalanche of pucks on Colorado's net en...

October 8th, 2017It was a trying week to say the least for the city of Las Vegas. Last Sunday's tragedy left the residents with little to smile about and it was only when the accounts of heroism and generosity began springing up after the attack that the dark clouds of oppression began to abate somewhat. But when the Golden Knights took the ice against...

September 22nd, 2017For most teams, home ice is worth about half-a-point and the same should hold true for the Golden Knights. If you're a Vegas fan who is new to hockey, the home team enjoys built-in advantages and one of them is the right to make the final line change before the puck drops. Of course, visiting teams can sneak in quick line changes...

September 15th, 2017I don't like tweets from other team's fans on Twitter. Even when I like the tweet I don't actually "like" it by clicking that little heart icon. It's nothing personal it's just that I'm all in for the Golden Knights. All in, even though I reside in the fiefdom belonging to the Los Angeles Kings.
I've never been afraid to go against...

September 10th, 2017The first task of any marketer is to find the starving crowd. This applies to every business, from the local sandwich shop to the billion-dollar sports franchise, because no matter how brilliant a business idea might seem at first glance, if there isn't a starving crowd waiting in the wings it's going to fail.
Enough has been written...

September 5th, 2017The way for a team to get better in the salary cap era is by making strategic draft choices. And even though it's not necessary to grab the great players all at once, a forward-thinking team must have the ability to pounce when those kinds of prospects become available.
The Golden Knights are off to a decent start on both counts since...

September 4th, 2017With professional hockey in Las Vegas barely in its infancy, I would be remiss to dive right in and start reporting on the Golden Knights without first laying the foundation of what an NHL franchise means for this city in context to its illustrious past.
I like to claim that Las Vegas has already undergone five seismic shifts in its...

September 4th, 2017The inspiration for this article came about as I was perusing the blogosphere brimming with critics lamenting the NHL's decision to create its latest expansion team, the Vegas Golden Knights. Most of what I read was petty grievances but a few complaints had some merit and are worthy of a response.
One complainer, citing the Arizona...

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